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October 24, 2010
Teleprompter to make its debut in India's Parliament Because Obama Unable To Speak Without One
Teleprompter to make its debut in Parliament when Obama speaks
“A teleprompter will be in use for the first time in the Central Hall of Parliament when US President Barack Obama addresses MPs on November eight.”
A teleprompter will be in use for the first time in the Central Hall of Parliament when US President Barack Obama addresses MPs on November eight.
As per the tentative programme being worked out, the address by Obama, who once said that "America has its roots in the India of Mahatma Gandhi", would not be for more than 20 minutes.
The president's programme in Parliament House complex itself will be less than an hour affair, Parliament sources said today. It is scheduled to start at 5pm.
The programme will feature a welcome speech by vice president Hamid Ansari and a vote of thanks by Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar. The US president would also sign the Golden Book, the visitors’ diary of Parliament.
While US first lady Michelle Obama would be accompanying her husband, there was no confirmation whether secretary of state Hillary Clinton would be part of Obama's entourage, Parliament sources said.
Besides the visiting dignitary, those who would be on the dais in the historic Central Hall along with Obama, the vice president and the speaker would be prime minister Manmohan Singh. Michelle will be given a special seat in the front row.
Obama will take the help of a teleprompter to deliver his address to the 780-odd members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, sources said.
Parliament authorities said this will be the first time that such a facility will be arranged in the Central Hall.
Obama’s reliance on the teleprompter is unusual --not only because he is famous for his oratory, but because no other president has used one so consistently and at so many events, large and small.
Wild Thing's comment........
Obama will have the distinction of being the first speaker in their parliament so incompetent that he cannot deliver a speech without electronic assistance. That’s just pathetic.
What an embarrassment. Obama is only a legend in his own mind. How embarrassingly pathetic that he is incapable of the hard work to prepare himself for a speech without a cheat sheet.
"America has its roots in the India of Mahatma Gandhi"
HUH???? Good Lord! The people who molded him from nothing and spent millions hiding his identity, and scripted him and put him into office must be saying: “Couldn’t we have found a better and brighter person?”
Obama can’t be without his Telebinky.
Posted by Wild Thing at October 24, 2010 06:50 AM
Comments
This clown couldn't even speak to grade school children without his teleprompter. The guy is a joke and an embarrassment.
Posted by: BobF at October 24, 2010 09:47 AM
Could they at least use a speech writer who can make better historical references?
Posted by: Anonymous at October 24, 2010 10:54 AM
Hopefully, their Parliament House, is not as dumb as our Senate and House.
Posted by: SSgt Steve, USMC (PS) at October 24, 2010 03:26 PM
Bob, he sure is. Thanks for the mention of the school time too, that had to be the worst example of how lame he is.
Posted by: Wild Thing at October 24, 2010 05:26 PM
Anonymous, great point, they need that desperately.
Posted by: Wild Thing at October 24, 2010 05:27 PM
SSgt Steve, I agree, good one.
Posted by: Wild Thing at October 24, 2010 05:28 PM
